Juan de Nova Island
island in the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean
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- District of French Southern and Antarctic Lands
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Juan de Nova Island (French: Île Juan de Nova, pronounced [il ʒɥɑ̃ də nɔva]), Malagasy: Nosy Kely) is a French-controlled tropical island in the narrowest part of the Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique. It is a low, flat island, 4.8 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi) in size.
Administratively, the island is one of the Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean, a district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. However, its sovereignty is disputed by Madagascar.
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1897 establishments in the French colonial empireFormer populated places in the Indian OceanFrance–Madagascar relationsImportant Bird Areas of the Scattered Islands in the Indian OceanIslands of MadagascarIslands of the French Southern and Antarctic LandsJuan de Nova IslandSeabird coloniesTerritorial disputes of FranceTerritorial disputes of Madagascar